Key legal question
Whether Art. 29(5) OJ could be applied by analogy in expropriation proceedings to appoint counsel ex officio.
Extracted holding
Yes. The rule on appointing counsel for a party unable to proceed applies by analogy in expropriation proceedings through the administrative procedure rules and the special cost regime.
Extracted reasoning
Art. 29(5) OJ is a general procedural rule; via Art. 3 of the ordinance on federal valuation commissions and the PA provisions on representation, it can be applied analogically. The expropriation cost rules preserve the principle that the expropriated party need not bear the lawyer's necessary fees.